Since 2017, members of the Epley family have owned the house next door. MICHAEL HELLER, Mark Parash congratulates opponent Roy Stevenson on his victory in the race for village board following the 2021 Southampton Village Mayoral election at the Southampton Cultural Center on Friday night. We established a COVID-19 testing site through our partnership with Hampton Health Society. Dozens of signs placed around town during his first term demanded his resignation. His efforts resulted in less algae pollution in Lake Agawam, something not accomplished in years. I was going door to door with my family, and he was following my family around with a video camera and walking into houses after me and trashing us out. For this reason, the mayor said, he was slow to find a new place to live. Warren says the PBA is attacking him because of his attempts to control police costs, including overtime. Sag Harbor Trustees Aidan Corish and Robert Plumb fended off a challenge from Bayard Fenwick in that race. Your vote counts for more in Southampton! You've read 3 of your 3 free articles this month. With absentee votes tabulated, Mr. Peter H. Tooker of Bridgehampton Dies February 26, Peter Joseph Deleski Jr. of Southampton Dies February 23. EHP Hospitality Group is now hiring for the 2023 summer season! That, however, isnt fast enough for Epley, and his father former Southampton Mayor Mark Epley who both showed up unannounced at the two-family home on David Whites Lane and demanded Warren leave in a dramatic caught-on-video confrontation on Jan. 16. Southampton Village Mayor Jesse Warren has been elected for a second term in offices. "We don't have to resort to face baiting and what I call Trump-style name calling.". All rights reserved. A few days after Mr. Epley lost the trustee election, the Epleys served Mr. Warren with a 90-day notice that his lease would not be renewed. But he said he had been stuck at his current address because the new place was a fixer-upper and uninhabitable while undergoing renovations for mold. UPDATE: June 21, 11:15 p.m. Jesse Warren was elected to the Southampton Village Mayor seat on Friday night after garnering 450 votesincumbent Mayor Michael Irving collected 405 votes. UPDATE: Jesse Warren Wins Southampton Village Mayoral Race 11 Photos on Jun 19, 2019 UPDATE: June 21, 11:15 p.m. Jesse Warren was elected to the Southampton Village Mayor seat on Friday. She won in the general election on November 3, 2020. He was such a creep. (Error Code: 232011) The mayor of Southampton is a squatter, according to his landlord, who also happens to be a bitter political rival. With the Epleys strong objection to his presence, plus a formal request that he vacate, he turns into a squatter, Mr. DeCorpo said. The Epleys say Mr. Warren was required to leave the apartment by Jan. 15; Mr. Warren says his lease agreement gave him the right to stay even longer, until October. Village of Southampton Heliport 87N update to Landing Fees Additional info. Tell us about it! Copyright 2023 Newsday. Mr. Warrens 45-vote squeaker victory unseated the incumbent mayor, Michael Irving, who had succeeded Mr. Epley and who was his favored candidate. ZOE KAVA. As his lease came to a close in the fall, the Epleys said they initially offered Mr. Warren a yearlong extension. Four other villages besides Southampton had elections Friday. A police political action committee has sent out anti-Warren flyers that critics say are blatantly racist. They include Quogue village trustees Randy Cardo and Ted Necarsulmer, Westhampton Beach village trustees Rob Rubio and Brian Tymann and West Hampton Dunes village trustees Gary Trimarchi and John J. Efff Jr. Over the summer, Mr. Warren discovered the buyer behind the company was Mark Epley, who served as mayor of Southampton for 12 years before retiring in 2017. Mr. Warren, who was educated at Brown University and lived in Manhattans West Village after college, first entered the Southampton scene as a retail merchant, catering to the summer hordes. The Epleys a powerful and wealthy Hamptons clan purchased Warrens rental home in July 2020 from Citibank executive Brandt Portugal, placing a Sword of Damocles over their foe. Credit: Gordon M. Grant. Results below are unofficial. Southampton Village will hold its election on June 18. She assumed office on March 21, 2019. This time he won in a landslide by nearly 500. In one of the Hamptons most elite enclaves, amid shingle-style mansions and beachfront estates, a man has been living without authorization in a two-bedroom apartment in a house on David Whites Lane. But as of Wednesday, he was still in the apartment, his belongings packed into boxes. We're happy you are enjoying our content. Southampton Village administrators have slowed the spread of COVID-19 by getting the proper equipment to our healthcare workers throughout the pandemic. There are five propositions on Tuesday's ballot. The mayor of Southampton Village on Long Island has been sued for age and gender discrimination. He says a political rivalry is the reason hes getting kicked out. He had been challenged by Michael Irving, his predecessor as mayor who wanted the job back after losing to Warren. Warren had said he was running on his record of addressing pollution in Lake Agawam and revitalizing the villages downtown. You've read 4 of your 7 free articles this month. A village employee claims Mayor Jesse Warren created a hostile work environment. mailers from the Long Island Law Enforcement Foundation. When we took office, we inherited a Village that had deteriorated under the previous administration, with record vacancies and the most polluted lakes in the State of New York. Source: NY Post He said the Epleys are deliberately not cashing his check so they can claim hes a deadbeat. ARE YOU A PEOPLE PERSON? In the prior election, Warren had won by 45 votes. Please contact the New York State Board of Election of the Southampton Village Administrator to find out if you are registered to vote in Southampton Village. Keep up with all the latest from Eastern LI. Jesse Warren, the mayor of Southampton, packed his. This entire thing has been an effort to try and remove me from office and intimidate me and harass and simply thats their entire goal, Warren said. 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Get our Hamptons Insider newsletters delivered direct to you. Village of Southampton Heliport 87N update to Landing Fees Additional info. Mayor Jesse Warren is seeking re-election. May 18: The Southampton School District Budget and Board of Education. Things escalated after Warren tossed Zach Epley off the village planning board. Though the village swells to over 55,000 glamorous residents in the summer, its year-round population of about 3,000 is mostly middle class. The PBA is criticizing Warren for choosing Waldroup to be on the panel. Vera Chinese covers Suffolk County government and politics. Alina sits down with Jesse Warren, mayor of Southampton Village, who recently won a second term Alina Cho Jul 28, 2022 The great thing about walking around the Hamptons is you never know who you'll run into. Land Preservation and Housing Affordability: How Will They Co-exist? In another East End village election held Tuesday, North Haven Village Trustee Terie Diat, who ran unopposed, won re-election and Chris Fiore won an uncontested for the seat vacated by A. James Laspesa. In this second term, I believe he will complete the rebuilding of the home of former slave Pyrrhus Concer as a museum, and cause a replica of a colonial windmill to grace downtown. We cant leave soon enough.. Warren was one of two East End village mayors up for e-election this week. Southampton Village Mayor Jesse Warren won a second two-year term Friday following a heated rematch against the predecessor he unseated two years ago, Michael Irving. He's been trying to reign in overtime and other costs related to the village police department and that has rankled the PBA. This had languished for 10 years. Warren was facing off against former village Mayor Michael Irving. MICHAEL HELLER, Incumbent mayoral candidate Jesse Warren, at left, goes over the numbers from the voting machines with his attorney Lawrence Silverman, center, and attorney William Forero that were tabulated during the 2021 Southampton Village Mayoral election at the Southampton Cultural Center on Friday night. Irving, who had said he ran again because he has strong family ties to the community and that he has a track record of working with all members of government, congratulated his opponent Friday night. The drama began, by Mr. Warrens telling, in July. First-term incumbent Southampton Village Mayor Jesse Warren defeated his predecessor, Michael Irving, by a vote of 1,064-604 on Friday in what was likely Long Island's most contentious. Fortunately we are leaving soon. He created a new park on Moses Lane. The two-year terms begin July 1. Write to us at southamptonassociation@gmail.com if you would like assistance. "Our goal and first priority now is to bring everyone together regardless of how one voted while we focus on our universal platform of revitalizing our business district, investing in the environment, lowering property taxes and including all.". GREG WEHNER, Left to Right: Andrew Pilaro, Jesse Warren and Mark Parash, Jesse Warren hugs Southampton Village Deputy Clerk Eileen Musarra after being declared the winner of the mayoral race on Friday. COURTESY JESSE WARREN, Joseph McLoughlin is running for Southampton Village Trustee. He's been trying to reign in overtime and other costs related to the village police department and that has rankled the PBA. This story was reported by John Asbury, Vera Chinese, Carl MacGowan, Deborah S. Morris, Nicholas Spangler, Jean-Paul Salamanca and Dandan Zou. Warren said the contest with Epley has only stiffened his resolve and that he looked forward to running for reelection in June. Mayoral elections in Phoenix are nonpartisan. The race for the mayor of the Village of Southampton is heating up and drawing a lot of attention from police unions. The. General election. In a recent election, only 876 people voted The Mayor won by 168 votes Can I vote in Southampton if I spend time in another town? MICHAEL HELLER, Election Inspectors look on as an election official retrieves the vote count from a voting machine during the 2021 Southampton Village Mayoral election at the Southampton Cultural Center on Friday night. Gonzalo Marroquin/Patrick McMullan, via Getty Images, the Iranians who have been executed and those who are on death row, open defiance of the law has exploded across the country, shut down in a concession to demonstrators. 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The Epleys and Warren have a long history of bad blood, stemming from Warrens election as mayor in June 2019 when he unseated incumbent Michael Irving a close Epley ally. But in interviews, the Epleys said the situation at 81 David Whites Lane was nothing more than a shrewd real estate investment gummed up by an obdurate tenant. We partnered with Hampton Health Society to get PPE and ventilators to healthcare workers. As the COVID-19 pandemic progresses daily, we continue to work to keep the village safe and vibrant. He owns Tenet, a high-fashion shop he opened about a decade ago that sells things like $495 sneakers. Robin Brown Enters Race For Southampton Village Trustee - 27 East By Bill SuttonThe field for the upcoming Southampton Village Board election in June got a little wider this week when. I think that the village itself is just split down the middle, just like everything else in this country, Mr. King said. Election Day 2020:Phoenix mayor and council seats on the ballot in Tuesday's election Each race is contested, but the most competitive race is for Nowakowski's seat, which has five candidates on . Warren was facing off against former village Mayor Michael Irving. The purchase of the building where Mr. Warren lives was not part of a grand plot to oust a rival, but was what Mark Epley described as estate planning a row of future homes for his 11 grandchildren, the oldest of whom is in elementary school. Jesse Warren, the political neophyte who became Southamptons youngest-ever mayor when he was narrowly elected in 2019 at age 36, acknowledged that he had overstayed his lease, which ended in October, and should not be in the apartment, where he has lived for about five years and resides with his girlfriend, Martyna Sokol. police reform committee. William N. Robertson of Sagaponack died on January 23 in Southampton. We didnt let the pandemic stop our progress: we produced some of the best COVID-19 testing numbers in the country, issued the first mask mandate in New York State, provided our community members and hospital workers with an ample supply of ventilators, viral testing, and PPE, and ensured that all seniors wanting a vaccine received one. Incumbent Rita Di Lucia is running with newcomer John Dileo Jr. Another incumbent, John Popeleski, is running with Vincent Costa, a newcomer as well. It is not surprising you would have the former mayor and his family buying my house through an anonymous L.L.C., then proceeding to make a motion to evict me during a pandemic to force me from elected office, said Mr. Warren, who purchased a new home in Southampton in December and is preparing to move. To that end, the Hope for Depression Research Foundation's "Week of Hope" returns,. One day, it's Bill Clinton. Why are you still here? Mark Epley demanded, standing in the doorway. "As Mayor, I would like to make the cleanup of Lake Agawam a top priority." Vote jesse warren on june 21. Topics you care about, straight to your inbox. As his communications director takes some video, newly-re-elected Southampton Village Mayor Jesse Warren gets a long hug from his girlfriend Martyna Sokol following the 2021 Southampton Village Mayoral election at the Southampton Cultural Center on Friday night. He has not paid any rent since December 7th. Hes somewhere between a squatter and a holdover, Mr. DeCorpo said. Source: NY Post The next, it's Paul McCartney. That was the June 18 election for Mayor of Southampton Village. General election for Mayor of Phoenix. His lease expired months ago. Long Island voters in eight villages will elect trustees running in contested races and elect mayors who are also facing challengers in Southampton, Sag Harbor and Port Jefferson. Paradise Valley is a town in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, and a suburb of Phoenix, the state's largest city.It is Arizona's wealthiest municipality. In just two years, weve turned Southampton Village around. The mayor of Southampton is a squatter, according to his landlord, who also happens to be a bitter political rival. It all came to a head when Warren appointed local businessman Hulbert Waldroup to a 20-person panel looking into potential police reforms. Jerry Larsen, once the East Hampton Village police chief, won the village's highest office in a three-way race with 453 votes, according to Rebecca Molinaro Hansen, the village administrator. Got a hot tip for our calendar? Because as it happens, a former mayor the father of his bitter political rival is also his landlord. It's been a decade since Phoenix home to more than 150,000 people who identified themselves as Black in the 2020 U.S. Census has had a Black council member. Jesse Warren was finishing his first term, now seeking a second. Now, we have a record low of vacancies, installed state-of-the-art technology to clean our lakes with over $300,000 in grant funding, and have lowered the tax levy for the first time in history. Warren said he and his girlfriend have closed on a new place elsewhere in the village and he expects to be out for good sometime next month. Waldroup isn't even on the ballot but has become a key figure in the contentious mayoral race. We accomplished initiatives to give out masks and sanitizers to our community. The town is known for its luxury golf courses, shopping, expensive real estate, and restaurant scene. 2023 NYP Holdings, Inc. 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